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Sprint Lends Its Support to Small Business Saturday®

Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced its participation in this year’s Small Business Saturday, November 24, 2012 -- a day dedicated to strengthening the community by supporting local, independently-owned small businesses.

American Express, a founding partner of Small Business Saturday, is preparing for the third annual initiative. Sprint and other participating companies recognize the importance of supporting small business in cities across the country, the jobs they help create and the culture they instill in local communities. According to the Small Businesses Association, small businesses nationwide have accounted for 65% of net new jobs created over the past 17 years and represent 99.7% of all employer firms.

To cut through the challenges of running a small business, Sprint recently refreshed its portfolio of customized services for today’s small businesses.

“Cutting through the complications of buying communications gear is a challenge for small businesses,” said Jaime Jones, senior vice president-Consumer Sales. “Our portfolio of small business solutions makes it easier. Demand continues to be strong for both individual business features and full-on bundles.”

Sprint services for small businesses are available in Sprint Stores or can be ordered by calling 1-877-924-9360. Sprint also makes it easy for small business customers to customize and buy online at The customized website allows customers to assess their specific business needs against a backdrop of like-minded small businesses.

American Express has created a variety of ways to help raise awareness about the importance of supporting small businesses and motivate consumers to Shop Small®. Small business owners and their supporters can visit to take advantage of some of these tools, including:

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served nearly 56 million customers at the end of the third quarter of 2012 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. The rated Sprint No. 1 among all national carriers in customer satisfaction and most improved, across all 47 industries, during the last four years. ranked Sprint No. 3 in both its 2011 and 2012 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation’s greenest companies, the highest of any telecommunications company. You can learn more and visit Sprint at or and .

American Express OPEN is the leading payment card issuer for small businesses in the United States and supports business owners with products and services to help them run and grow their businesses. This includes business charge and credit cards that deliver purchasing power, flexibility, rewards, savings on business services from an expanded lineup of partners and online tools and services designed to help improve profitability. Learn more at and connect with us at , , , , and . American Express is a global services company, providing customers with access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success.

November 24th marks the third annual Small Business Saturday, a day to support the local businesses that create jobs, boost the economy and preserve neighborhoods around the country. Small Business Saturday was created in 2010 in response to small business owners’ most pressing need: more customers. More than 2.7 million Facebook users, 230 public and private organizations, 75 corporations and elected officials in all 50 states and Washington D.C. declared their support for Small Business Saturday last year. More than 500,000 small business owners leveraged an online tool or promotional materials for Small Business Saturday, 15,000 businesses signed up for free Facebook advertising to promote their products and services in the run up to Small Business Saturday. American Express is the founding partner of Small Business Saturday.

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